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I never met Bill Campbell. To be honest, I had never even heard about him until I heard Eric Schmidt speak his praises on the the Tim Ferris Podcast. I picked up a copy of Trillion Dollar Coach and I’m so very glad I did. This book is easily in the top 5 books I’ve […]

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Two weeks ago I travelled to Japan for the first time. I was there for 7 days. It was everything that I had hoped for. Below I’ll share a few select memories. Shibuya Crossing Roppongi Hills Mori Tower & Museum Akira in the Streets Vending Machines Capsule Hotel First Meal Cherry Blossoms Hie Shrine Pachinko […]

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What do you value most in your business, or in the company you work for? My priorities are clear: 1) Principles 2) People 3) Product 4) Profit In that order… every time. 1. Principles These are the foundation. Principles can be hard to define, but once you have them, they can serve as guard rails […]

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Today marks 12 full months that I’ve been working on a side project called Howdy. In that time I’ve: Re-written the code base 4 times (Laravel, Vanilla JS, React, then back to Vanilla JS). Started working with a partner, then broke it off. Seriously considered stopping and working on other side projects at least half […]

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If you’re a designer who’s wanted to learn JS, but has yet to make the commitment, here are a few handy resources to get you started: Free Udacity – Intro to JavaScript (13 hours of free tutorials & exercises) FreeCodeCamp – Introduction to JavaScript (close to 100 hands on examples) Wes Bos – JavaScript 30 (30 […]

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For the longest time now I’ve been fond of indie businesses. Most of my friends don’t even know this, but the first real company that I ever started on my own was called SimpleStartup. It was a web app written in PHP that helped single person companies create a website, charge money for their services, […]

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We all know the “Silicon Valley” siren call: IF: you quit your job, and start a company, AND you raise money (early & often), AND you prioritize the growth of your company over everything else in your life, AND you can hang onto the reins for 5-12 years… THEN: you’ll be rewarded with a Scrooge […]